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Wednesday, 14 September 2011

I felt extremely happy last week to receive a call from an old blogger friend of mine. She just called into say that she is actively following and referring my ‘Aakrantham’ and trying out dishes from this. With a little hesitation, she asked me whether I can publish few of her recipes too in my blog. Though my joy knew no bounds when I heard this question, with a little show-off, I told her “aah..!! lemme see, anyhow you send me a recipe. After reviewing, I’ll let you know”. Within an hour an e-mail with subject line ‘Chicken cutlet’ popped up in my gmail window, which read as below:

Ingredients:

Boneless chicken – 250 gm

Cooking oil – for frying

Onion - 2

Garlic (cut into small pieces) - 2

Green chilli (finaly diced) - 1

Mint, coriander & curry leaves (chopped) – 1 Tbspoon

Ginger (cut into small piece) – ½ teaspoon

Chicken Masala - 2½ Tbspoon

Chilli powder – ½ teaspoon

Turmeric Powder – ¾ teaspoon

Potato – 1 Big

Bread crumbs – as needed to cover

Egg – 1 or 2

Salt - to taste

How to:

1. Boil the washed chicken pieces with 1 Tb spoon of chicken masala and salt with a half cup of water till chicken is properly cooked. Drain the water if any, and mince the chicken.

2. Peeled potato should be cut into small pieces. Pressure-cook this potato along with ½ tea spoon turmeric powder, salt and one cup of water. Mash these cooked potatoes well using a spoon and keep it aside.

4. Take 2 Tb spoons of bread crumbs in a plate. Break egg and take the white part alone into another plate. Make small balls out of the mixture made in Step 3. Dip this ball in egg white and then roll it in the plate of bread crumbs till it is fully covered. Shape the ball into a perfect round/heart as needed.

5. Pour oil into a flat frying pan. To the heating oil, place the cutlets as made in step 4. Carefully fry both sides of the cutlet till it turns brown. Serve hot with tomato ketchup.